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MACHINE FOR. MOLDING, DIVIDING, AND SHAPING DOUGH.

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MACHINE FOR MOLDING, DIVIDING, AND SHAPING DOUGH.

APPLICATION FILE-I) DEC. 31, 1903. RENEWED MAR. 14.1906.-

PATENTED MAY 15, 1906.

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ROBERT M. BRYCE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

MACHINE FOR MOLDING, DIVIDING, AND SHAPING DOUGH.

Specification of Letters Patent,

Patented May 15, 1906.

Application filed December 31,1903. Renewed March 14, 1906. Serial No.306,015.

cago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Molding, Di-

viding, and Shaping Dough, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for the use of bakers in preparingtheir wares as regards the shape, cutting, and dropping of the dough inthe production of different wares made by bakers, and has for itsobjects to improve the construction and operation of the means forfeeding the dough to the shaping and cutting devices; to provide arelease in the event of overcrowding or overfeeding of the dough to theshaping and cutting mechanism; to improve the construction and operationof the cutting devices and the operating means therefor by which thecutting operation will be automatically performed and at the same timethe cutter will furnish a rest or support for the dough againstprojecting be low the fixed member of the cutting devices while themovable member thereof is out of its cutting position; to furnish acarrier adapted to support pans or other receptacles or to receivethereon direct the dropped dough after the severance thereof by thecutting devices; to give the carrier an automatic stepby-step advance,so as'to carry the pan or receptacle after it is filled forward andbring a pan or receptacle into position to be filled to advance thecarrier automatically through the medium of a rack and pinion, a ratchetand disk, and a cam and have the movement of the carrier properly timedin relation to the operation of the cutting devices to actuate thecutting devices and the carrier or conveyer from a single disk; tofurnish means for automatically weighing the amount of dough containedin each divided piece, and to improve generally the construction andoperation of the several mechanisms which enter into the machine as awhole.

The invention consists in the features of construction and combinationsof parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine of theinvention; Fig. 2, an end elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a crosssectionthrough the hopper and the molding and feed rolls for the dough Fig. 4,a plan view of the movable cutter for severing the dough Fig. 5, a faceelevation of the disk,

showing the cam-groove and a portion of the rod for giving the carrieror conveyer a step by-step advance, and Fig. 6 a face view of theratchet-and-disk member of the mechanism for advancing the carrier orconveyer step by step.

The machine, in the form shown,has a main frame consisting of sidepieces, each side piece having a top rail 1, a bottom rail2, endstandards or uprights 3 and an intermediate standard or upright 4, withthe ends of the uprights or standards 3 and 4 extending below the bottomrail and furnishing feet for the frame. thereto and extending uptherefrom side standards 5, which standards are open at their lowerportion and are united together at their upper portion, so as to form abox for the dough below the hopper, and the side standards at theirupper ends are united by a cross-bar 6, having an inclined inner face toreceive and support a hopper 7 for the dough. At the apex of the hopperon two opposite sides are located molding and feed rolls 8, one of whichhas its shafts 9 mounted in fixed bearings or boxes on the standards oruprights 5 and the other one of which has its shaft 10 mounted inmovable boxes or bearings 11, located at each end of the shaft in achannel or guideway 12 between guides 13 on the side of the dough-box,as shown in Fig. 1, and each journal box or bearing 11 is connected witha threaded stem 14, passing through the wall of the dough-box, andhaving thereon a lock or stop nut 15, by means of which the journal boxor bearing can be advanced or receded to adjust the opening between thetwo feed-rolls 8 for the passage of the proper amount of dough from thehopper into the dough box below the dough molding and feed rolls. a

The shaft 9 of one of the rolls 8 projects beyond the side of thedough-box and has fixed thereon a gear 16, which meshes with a gear orpinion 17, fixed on a shaft 18, which shaft has thereon a fastbelt-pulley 19 and a loose belt-pulley 20, by means of which rotation isgiven to the shaft 18 to revolve the molding and feed roll of the shaft9, and the feed-roll of the shaft 10 can be driven by friction or bygearing between the two shafts or otherwise in any suitable manner orcan be self-revolved by thepassage of the dou h between the twofeed-rolls. The doug box on one side has an opening which is closed by adoor 21, located below the feed, which door,

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stems 30, each stem havin as shown, is suspended by eyes 22 at its upperend from the shaft 9, but could be otherwise supported so as to swingoutwardly. The door has extending out therefrom a flange or plate 23,terminating in an ear 24, which car is connected with a closin mechanism, as hereinafter described. T e door is held by the closingmechanism against opening outwardly when the dough is being fed properlyby the feed-rolls into the doughbox but in the event of an overfeed oran overpressure of the dough in the box from any cause the door canswing outwardly, thus relieving the overfeed or over ressure andpreventing an excess of dough rom being forced into position to be actedupon by the cutting devices. The door at its lower end swings above ashelf 25 and at each end has a side plate 26 in the construction shown,so that the dough when the door is swung open will be upheld by theshelf and will be returned to the dough-box with the return of the doorto its normal position. The construction shown has beneath the feed-roll8 of the shaft 10 a scraper 27, the body of which has slots 28 for thepassage of screws 29, by means of which the scraper is attached to theside of the dough-box so as to have a free upward movement against theface of the feed-roll, and, as shown, the scraper is held in itsadvanced position by therearound a coiled spring 31 and eac stem passingthrough ears or guides 32 on the face of the side of the dough-box, asshownin Figs. 2 and 3.

The lower end of the dough-box is closed by a plate 33, having anupwardly-projecting flange 34, forming a chamber or depression 35 abovethe upper face of the plate, and the plate 33 has therein one or moreholes 36, through which the dough is forced in a regulated amount orquantity by the action of the feed-rolls in carrying the dough from thehopper into the dough-box, and it is to be understood that the shape ofthe hole or holes 36 is to be varied to suit the ware that is to be cut,shaped, and dropped. The plate 33 in the arrangement shown has on two ofits opposite sides tongues 37, which enter a groove between flanges 38on the inner face of the side wall of the hopper-box, as shown in Fig.3, and thus removably secure the plate 33 in place, and this'plate 33with its hole or holes constitutes the fixed member of the cutter forsevering the dough. A plate 39 is located immediately below and coactswith the plate 33, and the plate 39 has therein a hole or holes 40, theconstruction shown in Fig. 4 having four holes, and with four holes theplate 33 will have four holes 36 to cooperate with the holes 40 of theplate 39 a hole 36 and a hole 40 cooperatin with each other. The plate39 constitutes t e movable member of the cutter for severing the dough,

and the holes 40 are spaced apart so as to leave between them and ateach end a section 41 of the plate, which forms a rest or support forthe dough when the plate or cutter 39 has been moved so as to sever theprojected portion of the dough. The plate or cutter 39 in doing thecutting has its openings 40 pass in line with the openings 36, and inthis relation the dough is free to be projected through the openings 36and 40, so that the projected portion with the movement of the plate orcutter 39 will be severed and shaped, for which purpose in thearrangement shown the sides of the openings 40 are beveled, so astofurnish sharp or cutting edges by which the dough will be cut ofi orsevered.

The plate or movable cutter 39 at one side near each end has securedthereto an ear 42, each ear having a projecting pin or pivot 43, andeach ear, as shown, is secured to an end flange on the plate 39 by abolt 44; but the ears with their pins or pivots could be otherwiseconnected with the plate or cutter. Each ear has to coact therewith alink 45, having in its forward end a notch 46 to take over the pin orpivot 43, as shown in Fig. 1, and the o posite end of each link isconnected by a pin or pivot 47 with the upper end of an arm 48, thelower end of which 1s mounted on a pin or pivot 49, projecting out fromthe side piece of the frame. The arm 48 on one side has a continuing orsecond arm 50, the lower end of which is connected by a pin or pivot 51with the end of a link 52, the other end of which link is attached by apin or pivot 53 to a disk 54, having a hub 55 attached to a shaft 56,which shaft is supported in suitable journal boxes or bearings 57 on thesides of the main frame, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The disk 54 isrevolved from the shaft 56 and through the link 52 oscillates orvibrates the joined arms 48 and 50 on the pin or pivot 49, and the swingor vibration of the upper end of the arm 48 through the connecting-link45 gives a reciprocating movement to the plate or cutter 39, by which itwill be carried to and fro for its hole or holes 40 to pass under thehole or holes 36, allowing the dough to pass through the hole or holesto a regulated or specified quantity, and with the full movement theprojected dough will be cut off by the action of the cutting edgesaround the hole or holes 40 and the solid portions 41 of the plate willcome into position to retain the dough against passing through the hole36 until these holes are brought into line with the holes 40 by thereturn of the plate or cutter 39, and it will be seen that at theinitial movement of the plate or cutter 39 in either direction toperform the severing operation the solid portions of the 'plate orcutter surrounding the holes commence at once to close the hole or holes36 and prevent or shut off the passage of dough through the holes 36,thus making the plate or cutter 39 both a IIO - by tightening the nuts.

means for dividing the projected dough and for retaining the doughagainst being proj ected through the holes in the bottom plate of thehopper-box. The shaft 56 in the arrangement shown projects at one endbeyond the side piece of the main frame and has fixed thereon asprocket-wheel 58, which coacts with a sprocket-wheel 59 on the shaft 9and through a sprocket-chain 60 imparts rotation to the shaft 56 and thedisk 54 from the rotation of the shaft 9, thus driving the feed-rollsand the disk 53 from one and the same source of power.

A carrier or conveyer 61, made ofany suitable material, is located andtravels below the cutting devices, so that the divided portions of thedough will drop onto the carrier or conveyer or into pans or receptaclessupported on the carrier or conveyer. The carrier or conveyer, as shown,travels over a table 62, which table is secured to supports on stems63,. which stems extend through slots 64 in the standards 5, and eachstem is threaded at its end and receives a nut 63 by means of which thestems can be loosened, so as to allow the table 62 to be adjusted higheror lower and when adjusted locked in position The carrier or conveyer atone end runs over a roller 65, mounted on a shaft 66, supported injournal boxes or bearings 67 on the ends of the arms 68 of a fork, whichfork extends up from a center bar 69, connected by a pin or pivot 70with an arm 71, extending out from the main frame of the machine, asshown in Fig. 1, and the arm 69at its lower end has a socket 72, on eachside of which is a hand-wheel 73, threaded onto the end of a rod 74,extending out from the main frame, so that by turning the hand-wheels 73the lower end of the arm 69 can be moved toward or from the end of themachine, swinging the arms 68 of the fork in the direction required tokeep the carrier or conveyer taut, the roller serving both as atraveling means for the carrier or conveyer and also as a means fortightening the carrier or conveyer.

The carrier or conve er is supported at its opposite end to the rol er65 by a roller 75 on a shaft 76, mounted in suitable journal boxes orbearings at the end of extensions 77 of the top rail 1 of the mainframe. has loosely mounted thereon a pinion 78, with which meshes a rack79 at the end of a rod 80, which rod at its other end is forked for thearms 81 of the fork to straddle the shaft 56, as shown by the dottedlines in Fig. 1 and the full lines in Fig. 5. The fork at its closed endcarries a pin 82, which projects into a cam-groove in the face of thedisk 54, which cam-groove has an inward curve 83 and an outward curve84, joined one to the other by short curves 85, so that as the disk isrevolved the cam-groove, by the engagement of its outwardly-curvedportion 84 wlth The shaft 7 6.

the pin, acts to carryforward the rod 80, and with it the rack 79,giving the pinion 78' a backward rotation, and with the engagement ofthe inwardly-curved section 83 of the camgroove with the pin 82 the rod80 will be quickly receded, moving the rack 79 rearwardly and giving anadvance rotation to the pinion 7 8, so that the pinion has aforwardand-backward movement to the same extent with each fullrevolution of the disk 54 through the action of the cam-groove. Thepinion 78 has a hub or flange 86, to which is united an arm 87, so thatwith the forwardand-backward rotation of the pinion the arm 87 will beoscillated. Each end of the arm 87 has mounted therein by a suitable pinor pivot 88 a pawl 89, and each pawl is con nected with the arm by acoiled spring 90, so as to be free to rise and fall and at the same timebe held in operative position. Each pawl 89 has an acting end 91, whichengages with a notch 92 in the periphery of a disk 93, the disk, asshown, having four notches 92, and the disk 93 is keyed or otherwisefixedly secured to the shaft 76, so that with the throw of the arm 87and its pawls 89 the disk will be 79 is held in engagement with thepinion 78 95 by a wheel 94, mounted on a journal-pin 95 on the end of anarm 96, extending out from the main frame, which wheel allows the rackto move freely forward and backward and at the same time maintains therack and pinion in engagement with each other. At the extreme end of theshaft 76 is a pulley-wheel 97, and on the extreme end of the shaft 9 isa pulley-wheel 98, over which pulley-wheels a belt (not shown) runs,which belt enables the shaft 76 to be continuously driven from the shaft9, giving a continuous rotation to the roller or drum 7 5, by which thecarrier or conveyer 61 is given a continuous travel. It will thus beseen that by means of the rack and pinion and the ratchet and pawl thecarrier or conveyer can be given a step-by-step advance, and by means ofthe pulleys 97 and 98 the carrier or conveyer can be given a continuoustravel, it being understood that when the carrier is advanced step bystep the belt is off from the pulley-wheels.

A rod99, having at its upper end a head 100, is attached by a pin orpivot 1 01 to the end of the arm 24, and this rod at its lower end isscrew-threaded and passes through a cross-head 102 and is adjusted as toits length in relation to the cross-head by nuts 103 and 104, operativeon the thread of the rod. The cross-head 102 is slidable on rods 105,each rod having a coiled spring 106 around it, and the rods areconnected at one end by a crosshead 107 and at the other end by across-head 108, each rod havin at one end a head 109 and at the other ena nut 110, by means of which the cross-heads are held in place. The rod99 is slidable in the upper cross-head 107 and is held in its lowermostposition by the engagement of the lower end of the springs 106 with thecross-head 102, the upper ends of the springs engaging the cross-head107, and the springs permit the rod and crosshead 102 to be raised andserve to return the rod 99 and cross-head 102 to normal position. Theswing of the door 21 outward raises the arm 24, and with it the rod 99and cross-head 102, against the resistance of the springs 106, and withthe relief of the overfeed or overpressure of the dough, which causedthe door 21 to open, the springs 106 act and carry the door back to itsclosed position with the return of the rod 99 and cross-head 102 tonormal position. The lower cross-head 108 has extending downwardlytherefrom a stem 11 1, the lower end of which is connected by a pin orpivot 112 with a crank 113, fixedly attached by a set-screw 113 to ashaft 114, mounted in a support 115, attached to the main frame of themachine. The shaft 114 has extending out therefrom a rod 116, on whichis a holding-down weight 117, which when the parts are in operativeposition bears against a rest 118, as shown in Fig. 1, and prevents thecrank 113 from moving upward with the opening of the door. The stem 111and the crank 113 by setting the crank 113 at different positions on theshaft 114 and locking it in position with the setscrew 113 can beadjusted in such relation to each other as to give the support for therod 99 and the rod more or less of an inclination, so that the draw onthe springs as the door opens will be at one side of a straight verticalline, thus insuring the dividing of the same amount or weight of doughin each instance no matter what the position of the sliding rod 99 andthe cross-head 102 may be, as the springs will exert the requiredcounterbalance or permit the door 21 for the feed of the dough throughthe cutting devices to be regular and uniform in quantity. The weightwhen thrown to the opposite side from that shown in Fig. 1 serves tohold the door open for access to be had to the interior of the dough-boxfor cleaning or other purposes.

The operation is as follows: The dough is placed in the hopper 7 and themachine started by throwing the belt onto the fast pulley or from otherdriving means. The molding and feed rollers as they revolve carry thedough from the hopper to pass between the rolls into the dough-box, and

with the hole or holes of the fixed cutter and the movable cutterpassing in line with each of dough is being divided off by the action ofthe movable member of the cutting devices, the pin 53 in the disk,through the link 52, moving the arm 50 and the arm 48 for the arm 48 tothrow the movable member of the cutter and sever the dough, and thedivided portion or portions of the dough will drop into the pan orreceptacle beneath the doughbox on the carrier or conveyer or directonto the face of the carrier or conveyer, as may be desired. Themovement of the plate or cutter 39 in either direction brings the solidportions 41 of the plate into use as a retainer or rest, graduallyshutting off the projection of dough through the hole or holes of theplate 33 as the holes are passed by the plate 39 and holding the doughagainst being fed through the hole or holes from the dough-box when theplate 39 has completed its throw in either direction. An overpressure oroverfeed from any cause does not affect the weight or amount of doughdivided, as passing through the cutters the swinging door 21 will openagainst the controlling-springs and furnish a relief for the overfeed oroverpressure and at the same time maintain a uniform pressure on thedough. The dough which has been severed and dropped is carried forwardby the advance of the carrier or conveyer 61 through the action of therack and pinion and the ratchet and pawl, moving the filled pan orreceptacle out of the way and bringing a new pan or receptacle intoposition to receive the next dropping of dough, and with the advance ofthe carrier or conveyer the movable member of the cutter commences tomove in one direction or the other for the hole or holes of thestationary and movable members to pass into line and divide the nextportion of dough that is to be projected, severed, shaped, and droppedthrough the hole or holes. These movements of the parts will continue aslong as the machine is run until the full amount of goods or wares havebeen cut, shaped, and dropped.

The machine is simple in construction, and the several mechanisms whichenter into its operation have a unit of action by which the molding,cutting, and shaping of the dough is attained with rapidity and withoutany particular attention on the part of the operator, as the machineafter it is once started, so far as concerns the molding, cutting,shaping, and dropping and moving the dropped material out of the waywill perform the work automatically, and by providing the swinging doorand the controlling means therefor in opening and closing the necessaryrelief is furnished in case of overfeed or overpressure of the dough inthe dough-box without increase in the weight or quantity projected, andby giving the carrier or conveyer a stepby-step advance in propercoacting relation with the cutting devices one batch of dropped materialis automatically moved out of the way before the next batch is cut,shaped, and dropped. These advantages add to the utility of the machineand furnish a machine which will enable a baker to cut, shape, and dropthe dough without any particular attention, and it is to be understoodthat the cutting devices are to have the proper shape of holes toproduce the required form of ware, the holes being oblong,diamond-shaped, circular, oval, or other form, as may be required, andthe movable cutter having a formation by which the dough after theprojected portion has been severed and during the severing operationwill be held or retained in the dough-box, thus making the movablemember both a cutter and a retainer for the dough.

The rolls 8 not only serve as a means for feeding the dough from thehopper into the dough-box, but also act as kneaders by which the doughis brought into shape for use, as the pressure on the dough in itspassage between the rolls acts to compress, compact, and bring togetherthe particles in the same manner as dough is manipulated by hand kneadinThe adjustable roll enables the action 0 the two rolls to be regulatedto suit the amount of dough passed from the hopper into the dough-boxand also to give the kneading action for bringing the dough into aconditlon for use. The swinging door, in connection with the resistantsprings, allows of the necessary yield of the door in opening in theevent of too much dough being forced into the dough-box withoutaffecting the pressure in the dough-box by which the dough is forcedthrough the cutting devices, with the result that in the use'of themachine a regulated quantity or weight of dough is projected, divided,shaped, and dropped. The movable reciprocating cutter acts in bothdirections in the arrangement shown, and while the movable cutter ispassing beneath the fixed cutter the dough will be projected until theholes in the two cutters have passed each other by the movement of themovable cutter, and by having the movable cutter and the carrier orconveyer so timed in their respective movements that the carrier orconveyer will be advanced after a dropping of dough has been made andwill remain stationary until the next dropping occurs it will be seenthat the dividing, shaping, and dropping and the carrying away of thedropped portion occur at the proper time. The return of the actuatingdevices for the carrier or conveyer is slow; but in order to bring thecarrier or conveyer or the pans or receptacles thereon into position foreach dropping of dough the advance movement should be rapid, and forthis reason the section 83 of the cam-groove has an inward curve bywhich the pin on the rod will be moved rapidly, causing the ratchet andpawl to operate quickly and advance the carrier or conveyer.

dough from the hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from thehopper, a

cutting device at the discharge end of the doughbox, consisting of afixed member provided in its body with a hole, and a slidable cuttingmember provided with a hole having two cutting edges and adapted toclose the hole in the fixed member at the beginning and end of eachforward slide and each return slide and have the hole therein pass overand register with the hole in the fixed member on each forward and eachreturn slide for cutting off with each forward and each return slide thequantity of dough projected through both holes while partially andentirely in register with one another and preventing the projection ofdough at the end of the forward and return slides respectively,substantially as described.

2. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, the combinationof a hopper for containing the dough, means for feeding the dough fromthe hopper, a cutting device consisting of a fixed member provided inits body with a symmetrical hole and a slidable cutting member providedwith a symmetrical hole having two cutting edges and adapted to closethe hole in the fixed member at the beginning and end of each forwardslide and each return slide and have the hole therein pass over andregister with the hole in the fixed member on each forward and eachreturn slide for cutting off with each forward and eachreturn slide thequantity of dough projected through both holes while partially andentirely in register with one another and prevent the projection ofdough at the end of the forward and return slides respectively,substantially as described.

3. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, the combinationof a doughbox into which the dough is fed, a cutting device at thedischar e end of the dough-box consisting of a fixe member provided inits body with a hole and a slidable cutting member located below and infacial contact with the fixed member and provided with a hole having twocutting edges and adapted to close the hole in the fixed member at thebeginning and end of each forward slide and each return slide and havethe hole therein pass over and re ister with the hole in the fixedmember on each forward and each return slide for cutting off with eachforward and each return slide the uantity of dough proj ecting throughboth sli es while partially and entirely in register with one anotherand preventing the projection of doughat the end of the forward andreturn slides respectively, substantially as described.

4:. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, thecombination of a hopper for containing the dough, feed-rolls at themouth of the hopper carrying the dough to the hopper, a dough-box intowhich the dough is fed by the feed-rolls from the hopper, and a cuttingdevice at the discharge end of the dough-box consisting of a fixedmember provided in its body with a symmetrical hole and anautomatically-actuated slidable cutting member provided with asymmetrical hole having two cutting edges and adapted to close the holeof the fixed member at the be ginning and end of each forward and eachreturn slide and have the hole therein pass over and register with thehole in the fixed member on each forward and each return slide forcutting OH with each forward and return slide the quantity of doughprojected through both holes while partially and entirely in registerwith one another and preventing the projection of dough at the end ofthe forward and return slides respectively, substantially as described.i

5. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, the combinationof a hopper for containing the dough, means for feeding the dough fromthe hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from the hopper, anda cutting device at the discharge end of the dough-box consisting of afixed member provided in its body with a plurality of shapingholes and aslidable cutting member exterior of and lying in facial contact with thefixed member and provided with a plurality of cutting-holescorresponding to and adapted to coincide with the holes of the fixedmember and adapted to close the holes in the fixed member at thebeginning and end of each forward slide and each return slide and havethe holes therein pass over and register with the holes in the fixedmember on each forward and each return slide for cutting off with eachforward and each return slide the quantity of dough projected throughboth sets of holes while partially and entirely in register with eachother and preventing the projection of dough at the end of the forwardand return slides respectively, substantially as described.

6. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, the combinationof a hopper for containing the dough, means for feeding the dough fromthe hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from the hopper, anda swing-door in one wall of the dough-box and yieldably supported forthe door to open and prevent the transmission of overpressure in feedingthe dough, substantially as described.

7. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, the combinationof a hopper for containing the dough, means for feeding the dough fromthe hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from the hopper andhaving on one side in its wall an opening, a

yieldable swing-door for the opening, a slidable rod connected at oneend with the door and at the other end with a cross-head, guiderods forthe cross-head, and springs engaging the cross-head for allowing thedoor to yield under an excess of pressure and closing the door with theremoval of the pressure, substantially as described.

8. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, the combinationof a hopper for containing the dough, means for feeding the dough fromthe hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from the hopper andhaving on one side in its wall an opening, a yieldable swing-door forthe opening, a slidable rod connected at one end with the door and atthe other end with a cross-head, guiderods for the cross-head,cross-heads fixedly attached to the guide-rods and forming a frame withthe guide-rods for the slidable rod, a stem on the lower fixedcross-head, and an oscillating support for the stem, substantially asdescribed.

9. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, the combinationof a hopper for containing the dough, means for feeding the dough fromthe hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from the hopper andhaving on one side in its wall an opening, a spring-controlled supportfor the door, a crank having the stem pivotally connected thereto, ashaft for the crank, and a weightrod for the shaft, substantially asdescribed.

10. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, thecombination of a hopper for containing the dough, means for feeding thedough from the hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from thehopper, a cutting device at the discharge end of the doughbox, thecutting device consisting of a fixed member and anautomatically-actuated movable-member operative in both directions oftravel across the fixed member, a carrier traveling below the cuttingdevice, and means for giving the carrier a step-by-step advance incooperative relation with the movements in both directions of travel ofthe movable member of the cutting device, sub stantially as described.

1 1.' In amachine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, thecombination of a hopper for containing the dough, means for feeding thedough from the hop er, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from thehopper, a cutting device at the discharge end of the dough-box, thecutting device consisting of a fixed member and anautomatically-actuated movable member, a carrier traveling below thecutting device, a roller at one end of the carrier, a shaft on which theroller is mounted, a pinion loosely mounted on the shaft, a rackcooperating with the pinion, and a ratchet and awl operated from therack and pinion to give the carrier a ste -by-step advance,substantially as describe IIO 12. In a machine for molding, dividing andshaping dough, the combination of a hopper for containing the dough,means for feedlng the dough from the hop er, a dough-box into which thedough is-fe from the hopper, a cutting device at the discharge end ofthe dou h-box, the cutting device consisting of a fixe member and anautomatically-actuated movable member, a. carrier traveling below thecutting device, a roller at one end of the carrier, a shaft on which theroller is mounted, a pinion loosely mounted on the shaft, a rackcooperating with the pinion, an arm connected with the pinion, pawls oneat each end of the arm, and a disk fixed t0 the roller-shaft and havingnotches in its periphery engaged by the pawls, for giving the carrier astep-bystep advance, substantially as described.

13. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, thecombination of a hopper for containing the dough, means for feeding thedough from the hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from thehopper, a cutting device at the discharge end of the dough-box, thecutting device consisting of a fixed member and anautomatically-actuated movable member, a carrier traveling below thecutting device, a roller at one end of the carrier, a shaft on which theroller is mounted, a pinion loosely mounted on the shaft, a rackcooperating with the pinion, a rod carrying the rack, a pin on the rod,and a disk having-v a cam-groove engaging with the pin, substantially asdescribed.

14. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, thecombination of a hopper for containing dough, means for feeding thedough from the hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from thehopper, having in one of its walls an opening, a swinging door for theopening in the wall of the hopper, and resistance-springs connected withthe door and operating to maintain a constant pressure on the door inopening without affecting the direct 'feed of the dough from thedough-box, substantially as described.

15. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, thecombination of a hopper for containing dough, means for feeding thedough from the hopper, a dough-box into which the dough is fed from thehopper having in one of its walls an openin a swinging door for theopening in the walI of the ho per, resistance-springs connected with t edoor and operating to maintain a constant pressure on the door inopening without afecting the direct feed of the dough from thedough-box, and cutting devices located at the discharge end of thedough-box and through which the dough is fed under a regulated pressurefor projecting, dividing and shaping the dough, substantially asdescribed.

16. In a machine for molding, dividing and shaping dough, thecombination of a hopper for containing the dough, feed-rolls at themouth of the hopper carrying the dough from the hopper, a dough-box intowhich the dou h is fed by the rolls from the hopper, a revo uble shaftfor driving the feed-rolls, a cutting device at the discharge end of thedough-box consisting of a fixed member and a movable member with themovable member operative in both directions of travel across the fixedmember, a revoluble shaft driven from the shaft of the feed-roll, a diskon the revoluble shaft, means operated from the disk for actuating themovable member of the cutting device, a carrier for the dropped doughhaving a step-by-step advance given thereto coincident with themovements in both directions of the movable member of the cuttingdevice, and means actuated from the revoluble disk to give the carrierits step-bystep advance, substantially as described.

ROBERT M. BRYCE.

Witnesses:

OSCAR W. BOND, WALKER BANNING.

